Combined scissors and shoehorn



Aug. 21, 1928. 1,681,691

o. ALTENBACH COMBINED SCISSORS AND SHOEHORN Filedilla y 1927 I N VENTOR. OTTO ALTENBACH ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO ALTENBACH, 0F LOS ANGELES,.CALIFOBNIA.

COMBINED sorssons nn snonrronn.

Application filed May 9, 1927. Serial No. 190,049.

My invention relates and has for a pur pose the provision of a pair ofscissors con structed so as to provide the additional tune tion of ashoe-horn to facilitate the placing of shoes on the feet.

It is also a purpose of my invention to pro,-

. vide an instrument of the above-destribed character which accomplishesthe dual functlons recited without impairing the manual operation andproper functioning of the de-' In the atcompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is avie showing in top plan, one plan of combined scissors and shoe-hornembodying my invention;

Eig. 2 is a view showing the instrument in edge elevation;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;and

Fig. i is a view showing the instrument in rear end elevation.

Referring specifically to the drawings, my invention in its presentembodiment comprises an instrument which primarily consists of a pair ofscissors, itbeing made up of a pair of blades 15, crossed and pivoted atthe point indicated at 16 to allow relative movement of the blades forcutting. Beyond the pivot point 16, the blades merge into handles 17provided with finger re ceiving openings 18.

As clearly illustrated, the handles 17 have their outer edges rounded,while their inner edges are flat in order to permit the blades 15 to lieone on the other when in closed position.

The handles 17 are curved transversely and slightly longitudinally attheir free ends, the two handles co-operating to form when in closeposition a substantially heartshaped body oi con:avo-convex contour tosimulate the contour of the nose or leading end of a shoe-horn; Thus inpractise the handles when closed provide a body which will functioninthe same manner as the conventional shoe-horn when. applied to a shoeto fcilitate the insertion oi the foot into the shoe. In practise theblades 15 func tion as a handle for the shoe-horn and are gripped andheld in close position while the shoe-horn end of the instrument isapplied to the foot. The handles 17 when not employed as a shoe-horn,function in anormal manner to receive the fingers and permitmanipulation of the blades as in cutting.

Although I have herein shown anddescribed only one form of combinedscissors and shoehorn embodying my invention, it

is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be madeherein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spiritand scope of the appended claim. V

I claim as my invention: Scissors having their lades terminating inhandles having straight abutting edge portions extending along alongltudinal line with the blades when the latter are closed, thehandles being oilset from the bladesso that when the edges are inrelative abutment the respective sides of the handles are flush witheach other, the said handles mutually describing a heart-shaped bodywhen the blades are closed, and the said handles being curvedtransversely and longitudinally so that the body is concavo-convex.

or'ro ALTENBAGH.

